PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81910, 22 December 1906, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Ike Hon, 6. Powlds, Minister of I Kducation, will be a passenger by tonight's boat for Auckland. I Mrs Bowling aud Air liary, of the . West End School, left this laornmq for the South Island on a six weeks' noliday. Mr 1> Berry, Chairman of Directors of the laranaki Petroleum Company, tvlio has been on a visit to Wellington, returned home last night. A cable from London announces the

appointment of the Honorable James riryce to be Ambassador at Washington. The Americans are pleased with the appointment, .Judge iiawson, of the Native Land Court, who is at present m Mew Plymouth, was a pupil of the local liign School mlcii first it opened, 2o years agoT He was present yesterday at the prize-giving ceremony. Mr Harry Dayy, who is to take charge of Jiessrs .Aiacky, Jogau, Cald,\ell aud Co.'s branch in jNcw Ply. mouth, was the recipient of a purse of r sovereigns and a travelling bat- by the linn's Auckland stall' on Monday to

mark kis pwwulioa, also his marriage. We "wkftaud that Mr and Mrs 0. Sam 11 " mu ' uc l to leave early m the New Y eur 011 a ' r 'P to China and •Japan, vla Australia, Mr Samuel wishes to iecu P e rate now tliaL he has relinquished professional duties, and rile trip will he of at Jeas six month's duration, though no deiinite date ) )lls been fixed for the return ho mo . At a special meeting of th,, 'Javanaki School Commissioners on Friday, Mr J. H. Quiiliam (Govett and Qniiliam) was appointed solicitor to the Board, in succession to Mr 0. Samuel. Mr Quiiliam takes over the duties from January Ist. At a banquet at Auckland on Thursday, the occasion being the presentation of an illuminated address to Father Gillan front members of St. Benedict's Church Committee, Bishop uenihan, who presided, made the presentation on behalf ol the Committee, and, says a Press Association telegram, took the opportunity of publicly announcing the appointment of Father Gillan to the position of Vicar-General.